drillen
Meaning
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- (transitive) to make vibrate, as with a pneumatic drill
- (intransitive) to operate a pneumatic drill
- (transitive) to drill, instruct by arduous exercise, notably in military context or style
- (transitive) to domineer
Hyphenated as
dril‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdrɪlə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch *thrillen, from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through, over”). Compare English thrill.
New
dril
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a drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus
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